Assembling attachment for type-setting machines.



No. 880,341. PATENTED FEB 25, 1908.

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ASSEMBLING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE SETTING MACHINES; APPLICATION nnnn'mmla. 1905. RENEWED JULY 13, 1907.

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No. 880,341. PATENTED FEB. 25, 190 8.

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ASSEMBLING ATTAOHMENT FOR TYPE SETTING MACHINES.

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No. 880,341. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

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ASSBMBLING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE SETTING MACHINES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.13. 1905. RENEWED JULY 13, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELAH TERRFI IL, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD V. GAMBIER, TRUSTEE.

ASSEMBLING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-SETTING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed March 13. 1905. Serial No. 249.765- Renewed July 13. 1907. Serial No. 383.622.

improvement in assembling attachments for v type-setting machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple device of superior construction for assembling or collecting the separate type letters, as they are set up in words and sentences.

Finally the object of the invention is to 7 provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable and efficacious in the purposes for which it is designed, and also one in which the several parts will not beliable to get out of working order.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention relates to the novel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section of a type setting machine, showing my assembling attachment a plied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the assembling attachment shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the attachment taken on the line 00 w of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 2, looking from the under side.

The present invention is adapted to be associated with a type setting machine forming the subject-matter of a separate applicationfiled March 20,1905, SerialNo. 250,938.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base plate or platform of any desirable construction, on which is secured the bracket or yoke 2 having the foot portion 3, in which loosely rests a vertical shaft '4, passing upward through the upper portion of the bracket2 and carrying upon its upper end a preferably cylindrical table 5 formed with a downwardly projecting collar portion 6, which is secured to the shaft by a pin 7. The in 7 supports the collar 6 of the table 5, a su cient distance above the top of the bracket 2 to allow a slotted lever 8 to stand therebetween and have its slotted portion {encircling the shaft. The lever 8 is prevented from turning by a pin 9 which proj ects upwardly from the top of the bracket and passes loosely through the said lever, which latter extends so as to project beyond the table to facilitate its manipulation. It is obvious that by pressing upward on the outer end of the lever 8, its inner portion will be raised, thus raising the collar 6 and table 5, together with the shaft 4. The parts described will be hereinafter referred to. The table 5 has supported thereabove a disk plate 10 which is separated from the table by coiled springs 11 encircling screw bolts 12 passing through the plate and the table. It is apparent that the disk 10 is yieldably mounted upon the said table.

It is desirable that the table 5 normally remains stationary, but for the purpose of rotating the table, it is cut away at its outer edge and provided with a ring of upwardly projecting round headed pins or studs 13. In the drawings the pins 13 have been shown as set into the table, but it is to be understood that they may be otherwise formed or that the table may be provided with projections serving the purposes of pins. Secured to the outer end and side of the bracket 2, preferably by screws 14 is a bearing standard 15 supporting at its upper end a bearing box 16 of any suitable construction which supports a horizontal shaft 17 having keyed upon its outer end a suitable crank handle 18, by which the said shaft may be revolved. A gear wheel 19 is mounted upon the shaft 17 to turn therewith and is provided with inwardly tapering teeth which are adapted to mesh with the pins 13 of the table 5, when the latter is raised by means of the lever 8. It is apparent that the wheel 19 is normally out of contact with the pins 13, thus allowing the crank handle 18 to hang down as shown in the drawings and the wheel 19 to turn without in any way interfering with the table-5. By observing the drawings it will be seen that the shaft 1.7 of the gear wheel 19 is supported to one side or in the rear of the shaft 4 of the table 5, thus establishing an eccentric relation between the bearings of the table and the gear wheel. Owing to this positioning of the parts, an ordinary gear wheel and gear teeth, could not be used, but it is readily discernible that a perfect mesh is had by employing the inwardly tapering gear teeth and the pins 13. Projecting in- Wardly from the gear wheel and mounted upon the shaft 1.7 is a bushing or hub 20 provided with a key 21 which is adapted to receive and hold against rotation a type receiving or supporting device, which device,

however, forms no part of the present invention, but is the subject matter of a separate application. The hub 20 is also provided with bosses 22 of any suitable construction for assisting in holding the type supporting device thereon.

The present invention is designed more especially to be used in connection with type having a general lL-shape and preferably being bent from a strip of metal, the letters being provided on the shank of the type and the foot portion being used for guiding and supporting purposes. For instance, type of the character shown in patents of E. Terrell and F. A. Ray, #698,583, issued April 29th, 1902, and #703,017, issued June 24th, 1902. Arranged above the table 5 is a top plate 23 supported upon a projection 24 of the standard 15, an angular bracket 25 supported from the inner top end of the bracket 2, and the guide ring 26 of the type setting machine, with which the device is used The top plate 23 is cut away at its rear right hand corner and is provided with a central cylindrical opening 27, which has a diameter less than that of the disk plate 10 and the upper portion of the table 5. 'lhetop plate 23 is formed on its underside coincident with the opening 27 and extending most of its length over the disk plate 1.0, with a groove 28 which flares away at its rear end so as to communicate with the groove 29 of the guide ring 26. The guide ring 26 is formed at the point of intersection of the grooves 28 and 29 with an opening 30 so that access may be had to the said point.

The top plate 23 terminates under the hub 20 and is reduced as shown at 21, which produces a bifurcatedend in which the groove 28 terminates.

Beneath the guide ring 26 is a revolving disk or table 32 fast to the shaft 50 which is driven in any suitable manner in the direction of the arrow. The type, of the character described, are arranged in stacks in the tubes 170 and are delivered to the table by means of the pushers or ejectors 270 suitably actuated inwardly towards the center of the table by any desired means, as for instance, by the use of compressed air supplied from the tubes 260 which are independently controlled in any suitable manner as by means of finger keys or bulbs (not shown);

By the employment of the centrifugal force of the revolving table 32, the type are caused to travel along the groove 29 to which they are delivered face downward and the foot portions projecting vertically. As they are carried along the groove 29 the foot portion enters the groove 28 and the face or shank rests on the upper surface of the disk plate 10. The centrifugal force is sullicient to carry the type about quarter way around the groove 28 at which point the type come to rest. It is obvious that when the type are moved around the groove to the reduced end 31, that the foot or vertically extending portions will project through the bifurcated end or the slot 32 in which the groove ends; thus allowingthe type to be engaged by a receiving or supporting device and carried out of the said. slot.

For the purposes of stopping the type in the groove 28, I may provide upon the disk plate 10, any number of pairs of apertures 33 which are adapted to receive the hooked end and set screw of the stop piece 34, which may be set at any point along the outer surface of the disk plate, it being obvious that the stop piece 3 1 will stop the type. it is also apparent that several of these stop devices may be used and thetype assembled between them.

The space between the underside of the top plate 23 and the upper surface of the disk plate 10, is slightly greater than the thickness of the shank of the type so as to allow the same to travel freely when they are propelled along the groove 28 by the centrifugal force of the type setting machine, but the said space is narrow enough to prevent the type from turning over. 11 owever, when it is desired to remove the type from the groove 28 and the table 5 is rotated so as to bring the justifying piece 34 in contact with the type, it is necessary to reduce the space in order that the type will not ride over each other; thus when the lever 8 is pressed up at its outer end and the table 5 elevated so as to throw the gear wheel 19 and teeth 13 into mesh, the disk plate 5 carries the type upward so that their shanks impinge the undersurface of the top plate 23 and they are held between the parts described. By yieldably mounting the top plate 10 upon the springs 11 as before described, it is obvious that the said plate will not press too hard upon the underside of the shanks of the type to allow them to be carried around the groove 28 when the said plate is rotated.

The operation of the device briefly is as follows: The type being carried along the groove 29 and into the groove 28 about quarter-way there-around are assembled until one or more lines are setup. The suitable type receiving or supporting device is athen placed on the hub 17 and the outer end of the lever 8 pressed upward, W hen the lever 87 is pressed upward, its inner end is forced upward, thus moving the table upward and throwing the ring of pins 13 into mesh with the tapering teeth of the gear wheel 19.

When the table 5 is moved upward, the disk plate 10 is also carried upward, bringing the pipe into contact with the underside of the top plate 23 and yieldingly holding them in contact therewith. The operator still holding the outer end of the lever 8 raised and grasping the crank handle 18, turns the same so as to revolve the gear M heel 19 an ay from him, or in the direction of the arrow sho. n in Fig. 3. This causes the table and disk plate to turn in the direction of the arrow shown in big. 1 and the stop piece 34 to be carried around until it engages with the line of type forcing them along the groove 28 until they enter the slot 32 here they ill be engaged by the type receiving and sup porting device and carried off of the table. In some instances, the type might be moved along the groove 28 by the disk plate 10, but they would probably hang at some point, but by the provision of the stop piece 34, a positive means for moving the type along the groove 28 and forcing them into engagement with the type receiving device, is provided.

'While I have shown and described the specific construction and operation of the various parts herein set forth, I v ish it understood that it is within the province of my invention to make various changes and modifications v ithin the scope of my claims, ithout departing from the spirit of the said invention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In a type assembling device, the combination of a plate for receiving the type, and a continuously rotating plate for propelling the type around a portion of said receiving plate by centrifugal force.

2. In a type assembling device, the combination of a plate for receiving the type, a continuously rotating plate for propelling the type around a portion of said receiving plate by centrifugal force, and means for moving the type receiving plate to discharge the type. r

3. In a type assembling device, the combination of a plate arranged to receive and guide the type, a continuously rotating plate for propelling said type on to the said receiving plate and partially around the same by centrifugal force, and means for moving the type along the plate.

4. In a device of the character described, a type assembling table, means for rotating the table normally out of contact with the rotating means, and means for bringing the table and the rotating means into contact.

5. In a type assembling device, a receiv ing table, means for rotating the table, and a radial type stopping device carried by the table.

6. In a type assembling device, a circular plate arranged to guide type, and spring pressed means adapted to yieldably hold the type in contact with the plane surface of said plate.

7. In a type assembling device, a plate formed with a type guiding groove on its plane surface, and spring pressed means for holding the type in contact with said groove.

8. In a type assembling device, a movable table, and type supporting means yieldably mounted upon the plane flat surface of the table.

9. In a type assemblingdevice, a plate having a type guiding groove in its underside, a table arranged beneath the grooved portion, and means for rotating said table.

10. The combination of a stationary type guideway, a rotary centrifugal table thereunder, a rotary receiving table and a stationary type guide-way above the rotary receiving table and in register with the throat of the guide-way for the centrifugal table, the type being adapted to be impelled over a portion of the receiving table by centrifugal force from the centrifugal table.

11. The combination of a stationary type guide-way, a rotary centrifugal table thereunder, a rotary receiving table and a stationary type guide-way above the rotary receiving table and in register with the throat of the guide-way for the centrifugal table, the type being adapted to be impelled over a portion of the receiving table by centrifugal force from the centrifugal table, and means for discharging the type from the receiving table.

12. The combination of a stationary type guide-way, a rotary centrifugal table thereunder, a guide-way, a stationary table having a curved groove on its under side connected at one end withthe said guide-way, a rotary galley, the other end of said curved groove in the stationary table terminating beneath said galley and a rotary table underneath the stationary grooved table for supporting and carrying the type while the angular shank of the type is guided in the groove of the stationary table.

13. The combination of a stationary type guide-way, a rotary centrifugal table thereunder, a guide-way, a stationary table having a curved groove on its under side connected at one end with the said guide-way, a rotary galley, the other end of said curved groove in'the stationary table terminating beneath said galley, and a rotary table uni derneath the stationary grooved table for supporting and carrying the type while the angular shank of the type is guided in the groove of the stationary table, and detachablepushers on the rotary table.

14. The combination of a stationary type guide-way, a rotary centrifugal table there under, a guide way, a stationary table having a curved groove on its under side connected at one end with the said guide-way, a rotary galley, the other end of said curved groove in the stationary table terminating beneath said galley and a rotary table underneath the stationary grooved table for supporting and carrying the type while the angular shank of the type is guided in the groove of the stationary table, and a yieldable top for said rotary table.

15. The combination of a stationary type guide-way, a rotary centrifugal table thereunder, a guide-way, a stationary table hav ing a curved groove on its under side connected at one end with the said guide-way, a rotary galley, the other end of said curved groove in the stationary table terminating beneath said galley, and a rotary table underneath the stationary grooved table for groove of the stationary table, and means for 15 adjusting the rotary table vertically to engage and disengage with the means for rotating it. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELAH TERRELL. Witnesses:

A. L. PHELPS, M. B. SonLEY. 

